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Betrayal by Numbers

Chapter 1: The First Miracle

          "Grrrr. Why'd you wake me up Mum?" Hermione said, half asleep.

          "Hun, you have to get up, it's already 10:00! The train leaves in an hour! Now get up! Now!" Hermione's Mum, Cindy, said, knocking on her door.

          Hermione didn't move for a minute until the words finally got through to her. She jumped up and looked at her clock. It was now 10:05. She jumped out of bed and ran to her closet. She didn't have a lot of time, so she just grabbed something. Luckily, it matched quite well. She had grabbed a sleeveless purple sweater with a knee length khaki skirt. She grabbed her bathrobe from the hook.

          She ran into her bathroom. A year ago, she convinced her parents to build her own bathroom off of her room. She got them to also put in a collection of scented soap. It reminded her of the Prefect bathroom at Hogwarts. She simply loved her bathroom. She had been saving for years for it. It had a high dome ceiling with a skylight at the peak. She was aloud to use magic in the creation of it, she invited over Ron's mother. Mrs. Weasley made the skylight one way so no one could look in, and she also helped with the different soaps, because it took a large amount of magic to make the soap unlimited.

          She didn't have time to enjoy her bathroom today. She jumped into the shower and looked at the knobs.

          "Hmmm. . . Lilac, Cinnamon, Peppermint, Rose, mineral water, or banana? I haven't tried lilac yet, so I guess Lilac." She said with a grin. She pushed in the purple knob labeled 'Lilac' and was surrounded by purple bubbles.

          Five minutes later she emerged clean and smelling of lilacs. She still had twenty minutes; it took a half hour to get to Kings Cross. She tokk out her potion she took daily to keep her hair tamed. She wanted straight hair badly, but it seemed even magic couldn't help her. So she was left with soft, brown, shoulder length wavy hair. It was still a pain doing the potion everyday, but it was well worth it.

          She pulled on the outfit she picked out and ran out of the bathroom. Hermione's mother was already preparing breakfast. Hermione waited for a few minutes and her mother sat the bacon on the table. Hermione grabbed one piece of bacon and ran into the living room.

          "Hermione, eat something please, you've been starving yourself all summer!" Hermione's mother called to her from the kitchen. Hermione stopped in her tracks. 'She noticed, crap!' Hermione thought. She ran back into the kitchen. She tried to make up a story.

          "I'm not very hungry Mum, I promise I'll eat well at school, you know how much they feed us! Nearly shoving it down our throats." She said running back into the living room. She looked through the closet for a few minutes until she found the shoes she wanted. They were black high heeled sandals. She strapped them on and called for her father.

          "Dad! Are you ready yet!? I have to hurry, I only have a half hour until the train leaves," Hermione yelled up the stairs. A few seconds later, her father emerged from Hermione's room carrying her trunk. Her father loaded her trunk into the back seat of the car and came back inside.

          "Ready Hermi?" He asked, using her nickname.

          "Yeah, but where's Mum? Isn't she coming?" Hermione asked.

          "No, she can't she has to stay home and rest, she's been tired lately, you better go say goodbye though." He suggested.

          Hermione ran up the stairs into her parent's room. She looked around the room, but her Mother wasn't there. She walked over to the door that led to their master bathroom. She knocked on the door.

          "Mum, you in there? We have to leave soon," Hermione yelled through the door.

          "Hermi, come in here for a minute, I have to tell you something," her mother said, peering through the door. Hermione walked into the bathroom and found her mother sitting on the floor, her cheeks covered in tears.

          "Mum! What's wrong? Why are you crying!?" Hermione said, freaking out.

          "Hermi. . . I have to tell you something important. Your father doesn't know yet." Her mother mumbled.

          "Yes, what is it?" Hermione said, tears now forming in her own eyes.

          "You're gunna be a-a-a. . . Big sister!" Her mother blurted out.

          It took a few moments to sink in. She was suddenly on the floor hugging her mother. She started to giggle. She was going to be a big sister! She suddenly had a question.

          "When are you going to tell Daddy?" Hermione asked with a grin.

          "Well, he told me to stay home and rest, this is why I'm tired. I guess I'll go with you two." She smiled at her daughter.

          "Oh! We better hurry or I'll miss the train!" Hermione helped her mother up and they ran to the car. Her mother and her giggled continuously until half way there, her father finally cracked.

          "What are you two so happy about?" He looked at Hermione and her mother.

          Hermione just giggled and covered her face. Her looked at her mother and looked with questioning eyes. She simply laid her hands on her stomach and smiled. He looked at her a moment and then realized what was going on.

          "Cindy! You mean? We're going to have a-a-a baby!?" He looked at her with a smile. She simply sent a toothy smile to him. He kept his eyes on her until Hermione spoke up.

          "Dad! Stop! We're here!"

          He slammed on the breaks and flew forward. Hermione looked around, breathing heavily. Her mother gasped. Her father suddenly freaked.

          "The baby! Did it get hurt?! God, no, please no!" He said in a crackly voice.

          "Thomas, its okay, the baby's not big enough to be hurt by a little movement! Calm down!" Cindy said, rubbing his shoulder.

Hermione finally calmed down and looked at her watch. "10:50! I gotta go, only ten minutes!" She kissed her mother and father and then kissed her mother's stomach. "You be a good kid! Don't give Mum that horrid morning sickness."

          "Oh honestly Hermione, I'll be fine, I went thorough it with you, it's not so bad, no go, goodbye!" Her mother pushed her off with a smile. Hermione took one last look at her family and walked through platform 9 ¾'s.